Paid by the Word: Conversations with Writers and Editors
Award-winning journalist and prolific author Mike Barlow interviews writers and editors. "Our conversations focus mostly on work habits and career advice. The interviews typically run 25-30 minutes. I try to keep them light and breezy, but when the topic veers into deeper waters, I'm not afraid to go there with the guest,” says Mike.
Paid by the Word: Conversations with Writers and Editors
From U.S. Marine to Newspaper Executive – Glenn Proctor
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Mike Barlow
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Season 1
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Episode 22
Glenn Proctor's life reads like an adventure novel: a difficult childhood, family tragedy, alcoholism, six years in the U.S. Marine Corps (including a tour of duty in Vietnam), four decades in newspaper journalism, sharing in a Pulitzer Prize and judging five Pulitzer Prizes, becoming a peer support advocate and a life coach. He is a cancer survivor and the author of five books. It's an honor and pleasure having Glenn as a guest on the podcast!
Visit his website to learn more about Glenn. Here are quick highlights of his career in journalism:
- Reporter, Weekend Editor and Night Editor at the Akron Beacon Journal
- Night Editor and Business Editor at the Louisville Courier-Journal
- Assistant Managing Editor at the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
- Associate Editor, Assistant Managing Editor and City Editor at the Newark Star-Ledger
- Executive Editor and Vice President of News at the Richmond Times-Dispatch